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  • Essay / Personal Statement: A Career in Business - 515

    Most people probably start their personal statement with “ever since I was little…”, but that’s not the case for me. My story is a little different; I always wanted to be an architect or engineer, studying anything related to business just never crossed my mind, until recently when one of my great uncles recommended that I read The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. After reading it, I was fascinated. I dove deeper into business and finance and found it amazing. The relationship between nature, mathematics and business amazes me. Things like how Fibonacci described a way to identify reversals, centuries before stocks were invented, mystify me. Since then, I have read many more books, subscribed to podcasts, joined student groups, started a small business, and even started studying a finance major. at my local university. Even considering the lack of free time I have since getting into business and finance, I have no doubt about what I want to study and do in my life. The reason I'm planning to leave my current job at university to study in London is because...